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DBA with Newcastle University Business School
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Program Objectives
The joint DBA between Grenoble Ecole de Management, one of France’s foremost Grandes Ecoles, and Newcastle University Business School, one of the UK’s top twenty research-led universities, provides senior managers, executives and management educators with the opportunity to study for a professional practice doctorate delivered in English.
It is specifically designed to meet the requirements of those interested in the management of technology, innovation and organisational change. This joint programme combines research strength of two top international business schools. Students are based either in Newcastle or Grenoble.
Newcastle-Grenoble DBA
The DBA has become recognised as an important path to advanced personal and professional development. It is suitable for experienced managers and for those interested in advanced study beyond a Masters degree or MBA.
As a professional practice doctorate the DBA is equivalent to a PhD, but the emphasis is on applied rather than theoretical research.
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Program overview
The specific benefits of this programme include:
- unique thematic focus,
- a DBA jointly awarded by Newcastle University and Grenoble Ecole de Management, which is internationally recognised by all major accreditation bodies,
- an international research perspective from two leading business schools,
- collaboration by faculty from both schools in research training and supervision.
Delivery enables a work and study balance
- a research portal based on a proven virtual learning platform,
- a wide range of e-journals and other on-line information and data sources,
- an e-portfolio system for managing reflective learning.
During the first part of the programme four workshops are shared between Grenoble and Newcastle. This helps to maximise the sharing of ideas between students and faculty and provides cross cultural and global insights.
Research Benefits for Organisations
Each candidate conducts a doctoral thesis on a management of technology, innovation or change issue which can be taken directly from their work experience.
Organisations sponsoring candidates can therefore benefit directly from the research and study undertaken by their staff.
Candidates are able to draw upon the research expertise of senior academics from both institutions. As research topics are usually based on organisations current and anticipated needs, the research outcomes of the thesis can provide real insight for the sponsoring organisation.
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Class profile
Recruitment to this programme is on a worldwide basis. Students come from a wide variety of countries and career backgrounds. These may include: sciences, humanities and technical and engineering fields. Typically participants have attained a high level of professional achievement and are likely to be aged from their late twenties upwards.
 I have been a marketing professor and research at Grenoble Ecole de Management for almost 10 years.
I have a strong consulting experience and I have been carrying out many data collection and analysis projects. The DBA of Newcastle University Business School strongly helped me to improve my scientific approach of applied research.
Actually, I developed my core competences: developing a well-framed research question, doing consistent literature review, choosing research methodology, analysing data with advanced qualitative methods.
To people with a senior executive position, with a strong consulting experience or wanting to embrace an academic career, I would say that they still have to learn a lot. For these reasons, I personally think that the DBA degree is a must.
Benoît Aubert - Associate Professor - Marketing department, Grenoble Ecole de Management.
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“Throughout the Grenoble-Newcastle DBA, I expect to learn and gain the experience of the research process and improve my critical thinking on a unique research problem. As I have chosen to focus on a topic that directly impacts my profession, I also expect to gain a lot of insights in my field that I would not have otherwise. Beyond obtaining the DBA, I expect to open up more career options in the long term as a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a consultant or an educator.” Vincent’s research focuses on analyzing relational issues in venture capital syndication networks, between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, and their impacts on the performance of the ventures. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative tools, the research develops a new framework to benchmark relational capital among venture firms, and enables broader understanding of the behaviour of the investors and entrepreneurs.
Vincent Lui - Principal of KLM Capital Management, Inc.
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Program and modules
The program consists of a combination of workshops and presentations interspersed by periods of individual research and supervision. It is structured so that the majority of registrations will be part-time and that students will combine research with ongoing careers in business, commerce or management education, training and/or consulting. It has two sequential elements:
Part I: Theory and Research in Management of Technology, Innovation and Organisational Change.
(approximately two years of part-time study).
This first part of the program consists of four compulsory 3 or 4 days workshops and a range of associated assessed projects and written work.
Workshops are held either in Grenoble or Newcastle on an annual rotation basis (see programme calendar on the right). This creates a rich international learning environment since workshops are attended by students and led by faculty from both institutions. The program permits students to repeat part or all of workshops in subsequent years.
In addition to workshop attendance, the program requirements include:
- Written and oral presentation of research proposal during the compulsory workshops
- A pilot proposal, the subject of which will be determined during Workshop 1
- A full literature review as a working paper of a publishable standard
- A project report and a research plan to be presented during workshop 4
- Any complementary courses required by the student’s thesis committee
The successful completion of this first stage is compulsory in order to move on to the second part of the program.
Part II: DBA Research and Thesis.
(approximately three years of part-time study).
The DBA Research and Thesis element of the program consists primarily of individual research, under the supervision of Grenoble Ecole de Management and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School faculty, who bring together a broad range of expertise and international reputation in technology, innovation and change management.
The DBA thesis should be a piece of work which a capable, well-qualified and diligent student, who is properly supported and supervised, can produce in five years of part-time study. Each student will have the support of two supervisors, one from each institution. The DBA thesis should exhibit substantial evidence of original scholarship and contain material of a publishable standard.
A candidate for the degree of Doctorate of Business Administration is required to show ability to conduct original investigations, to test, apply and/or examine ideas – his/her own or others’, and to understand the relationship of his/her theme to a wider field of knowledge. This may involve the identification of current issues and the application of theory relevant to problem-solving in the candidate's work environment and/or the identification of both theoretical and practical issues to facilitate future implementation of operational and/or strategic plans within his/her organisation.
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Faculty
Both Grenoble and Newcastle bring together faculty with a broad range of expertise and an international reputation in research on business innovation, technology management and the organisational dimensions of technological change.
The programmes are led by faculty from both institutions who are international leaders in their fields. In addition to this there are periodic workshop contributions from alumni and guest speakers from industry.
Supervision
Students receive individual supervision over the full five year period. During the first year of the programme, each student is allocated a supervisory team.
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Careers
A DBA is increasingly recognized as the most appropriate post-Masters degree for senior business professionals and educators.
This prestigious degree helps with entry into senior executive management and high-level business consultancy, and bestows the necessary academic qualifications to teach at a business school.
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“My current role is as manager responsible for the Digital Evidence Unit at the Laboratory. I have been responsible from the beginning of the start-up of the unit since its strategic inception, having visited other laboratories in Europe to identify best practice in the profession, particularly in mobile phone analysis. I drew up SOPs and consequently we are now in receipt of ISO 17025 accreditation. I am the country representative member of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes – Forensic Information Technology Working Group. Previously, I was a senior reporting officer in body fluid cases such as murder or other person-related crimes. I am a senior crime scene specialist when required to attend major cases. Part of my duties include lecturing in police crime scene training”.
“My Doctorate in Business Administration studies at Newcastle University and Grenoble Ecole de Management, in which I have just submitted my thesis for examination, fortifies my conception that my work and indeed the work of others has been made robust with the help of our colleagues. Whenever I despatch casework for the courts, I know that it has already been well examined by my peers, who continuously pull from their own experiences through years of practice. I am struck by this repository of experience, known as tacit knowledge, which can solidify the work carried out in processing many complex cases that ultimately form part of the prosecution case in the criminal courts. This valuable asset has led me on a path of discovery in the area of Tacit Knowledge – the ‘knowing how’ dimension, which is very much part of the knowledge required by the expert working in professional practice. When compared to the work on explicit knowledge or ‘knowing that’, the management of tacit knowledge is relatively unexplored. My doctoral work, will in my opinion, lead to a better understanding of tacit knowledge, especially its relational dimensions within workplace practice”.
Stephen Doak - Manager of Digital Evidence and Crime Scene Expert at the Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Justice, Ireland.
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Admission
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Academic and Professional Experience
Candidates will typically hold a Master’s degree in management (MBA, MA or MSc) or related discipline from a recognised institution. Candidates should have at least 3 years management experience.
English Language Requirements
The DBA is conducted in English and the final thesis is written and examined in English. Students whose first language is not English or who have not already studied successfully in an English-speaking environment will be required to provide evidence of advanced proficiency in English. A recent IELTS score of at least 6.5 (or equivalent) is required.
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Application
Application form
The 2008/2009 program commences in october 2008; applications must be submitted by June 30, 2008.
Acceptance to the program will be based on the documents listed below and an interview with the Program Director, in person or by telephone.
Required application documents :
- Grenoble Ecole de Management / University of Newcastle Business School Application Form (dba_app_form.pdf - 27 Ko )
- 2 Reference Forms sent directly by the referees in a sealed envelope (1 from a business referee, 1 from an academic referee) (dba_ref_form.pdf - 437 Ko )
- Accompanying certified documents (transcripts, diplomas…) officially translated in English or French
- Statement of Purpose, in which the applicants states his motivations and how this fits into his long-term career development
- Preliminary Research Proposal, which gives an indication of the applicant research interests and proposed area of research as well as any initial research plans. For guidelines on how to write your preliminary research proposal, click here
- Test scores, if available
- Other attachments (publications ...)
All these documents must be sent in hard copy to the following address before the application deadline:
Grenoble Ecole de Management
à l'attention de Stella Lishman
Département DBA
12, rue Pierre Sémard - BP 127
38003 Grenoble Cedex 01
FRANCE
Tuition and Additional Costs
Tuition for part-time program 2008-2009
| Year 1 |
11 000 € |
| Year 2 |
10 000 € |
| Year 3 |
6 500 € |
| Year 4 |
5 500 € |
| Year 5+ |
5 500 € |
| TOTAL COST |
38 500 € |
A deposit of one-third of tuition must be paid upon registration. In addition to these fees, students are responsible for the costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence incurred in attending the workshops.
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